2007 Champions Tour

The 2007 Champions Tour was the 28th season for the golf tour now known as PGA Tour Champions since it officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. The season consisted of 29 official money events with purses totalling $54,100,000, including five majors. Jay Haas won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2007 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Champions Tour debut are shown in italics.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 21MasterCard Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,700,000 Hale Irwin (45)193 (−23)290,000
Jan 28Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000 Fred Funk (2)193 (−23)240,000
Feb 11Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,600,000 Mark James (3)201 (−15)240,000
Feb 18Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000 Tom Watson (9)209 (−4)240,000
Feb 25The ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Bobby Wadkins (4)201 (−15)240,000
Mar 11Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,650,000 Jay Haas (7)194 (−19)247,500
Mar 18AT&T Champions ClassicCalifornia1,600,000 Tom Purtzer (4)206 (−10)240,000
Apr 1Ginn Championship Hammock Beach ResortFlorida2,500,000 Keith Fergus (1)204 (−12)375,000
Apr 22Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,500,000 Jay Haas (8)207 (−9)395,000
May 6FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000 Scott Hoch (1)201 (−15)240,000
May 20Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,600,000 Brad Bryant (3)204 (−12)240,000
May 27Senior PGA ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,000,000 Denis Watson (1)279 (−9)360,000
Jun 3The Boeing Championship at SandestinFlorida1,650,000 Loren Roberts (6)197 (−16)247,500
Jun 10The Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,600,000 Jay Haas (9)201 (−12)240,000
Jun 24Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,650,000 Jay Haas (10)203 (−13)247,500
Jul 1Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,500,000 Lonnie Nielsen (1)199 (−14)225,000
Jul 8U.S. Senior OpenWisconsin2,600,000 Brad Bryant (4)282 (−6)470,000
Jul 15Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,600,000 R. W. Eaks (1)199 (−17)240,000
Jul 29Senior British OpenScotland2,000,000 Tom Watson (10)284 (E)320,176
Aug 53M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 D. A. Weibring (4)198 (−18)262,500
Aug 19JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,600,000 Mark McNulty (6)272 (−16)390,000
Aug 26Boeing ClassicWashington1,600,000 Denis Watson (2)207 (−9)240,000
Sep 2Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000 Gil Morgan (25)202 (−14)300,000
Sep 16Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000 R. W. Eaks (2)199 (−17)240,000
Sep 23SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,000,000 Mark Wiebe (1)198 (−18)300,000
Oct 7Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,600,000 Loren Roberts (7)267 (−13)390,000
Oct 14Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000 Bernhard Langer (1)191 (−25)255,000
Oct 21AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,600,000 John Cook (1)198 (−15)240,000
Oct 28Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 Jim Thorpe (13)268 (−20)442,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Loren Roberts United States69.31
2Jay Haas United States69.36
3Eduardo Romero Argentina69.90
4D. A. Weibring United States69.98
5Mark O'Meara United States70.09

Source:[1]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Jay Haas United States2,581,001274
2Loren Roberts United States2,170,627232
3Brad Bryant United States1,812,099242
4Denis Watson Zimbabwe1,636,123252
5D. A. Weibring United States1,557,622271

Source:[2]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States24,654,21845
2Gil Morgan United States18,383,63425
3Dana Quigley United States13,956,07411
4Bruce Fleisher United States13,513,10018
5Larry Nelson United States13,049,34719

Source:[3]

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Jay Haas United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Jay Haas United States
Charles Schwab CupLoren Roberts United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Loren Roberts United States
Rookie of the YearDenis Watson Zimbabwe
Comeback Player of the YearR. W. Eaks United States

See also

References

  1. "Scoring Average – 2007 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Money Leaders – 2007 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Career Money Leaders – 2007 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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